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...innumerable hoodoos are the other names that should shine in baseball's biggest event: the Yankees' aging (36) Bill Dickey, a Gibraltar of a catcher for 16 years, who hits .348 in those games he feels spry enough to play; the Cardinals', shy Stan Musial, a sprinting outfielder who leads the National League in hitting (.358); Yankee third-baseman Bill Johnson, whom Connie Mack calls the year's best rookie...
...second game, with the score tied 3-to-3 and two out in the eighth, Slaughter slammed a line drive into right field, beat the throw-in to second base, streaked to third as Shortstop Rizzuto bobbled the ball. On Musial's single, he scored what turned out to be the winning run. Then, in the ninth, his bull's-eye throw from right field to third base saved the game for the Cardinals...
...leaguers this year is a rookie. And one out of every four rookies looks like a manager's dream. Among the favored candidates this year are three left-handed hitters: Shortstop Johnny Pesky of the Boston Red Sox, First Baseman Les Fleming of the Cleveland Indians, Outfielder Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals...
Crackerjack. Lanky Stanley Musial who started his career as a pitcher, is another crackerjack at bat. Last year he played in three different leagues, outhit the ultimate batting champion in each. Brought to St. Louis for a trial at the tail end of last season, he hit a sensational .426 in twelve games-during the Cardinals' hectic homestretch duel with the Dodgers. This year, although handicapped by a colossal pre-season buildup that would put the Indian sign on the most phlegmatic 21-year-old, Musial is hitting at a .315 clip...
From Columbus comes Infielder Ray Sanders, leading run-maker in the American Association last year, who is being groomed to take the place of First Baseman Johnny Mize, recently sold to the New York Giants for $50,000. From Rochester comes Outfielder Stanley Musial, a 21-year-old southpaw whom sportswriters have already tabbed "rookie-of-the-year." Musial, who started his baseball career as a pitcher, played in three different leagues last year, outhit the ultimate batting champion in each league. Brought to St. Louis for a trial at the tail end of last season, Musial...